Xie Yan rolled his eyes. This kind of smart person is really annoying. He can detect the problem immediately. If he could say it, would he not say it?

Xie Yan didn't want to talk about it, but Gu Bin kept pressing him for details, so he had no choice but to make up an excuse: "Think about it! What did the educated youth eat for breakfast this morning at the educated youth settlement?"

Gu Bin thought for a moment; they hadn't eaten anything this morning! Feeling that Xie Yan was playing a trick on him, he was about to speak when he heard Xie Yan say, "Didn't you eat anything?"

Gu Bin: "Yes!"

Xie Yan: "Do you eat breakfast at home?"

Gu Bin: "Of course I'll eat!"

Xie Yan: "They went to do farm work, which requires physical labor. If there's food, do you think they wouldn't eat it? Since they didn't eat it, it means they didn't have anything to eat."

Gu Bin suddenly realized, "Oh, I see! That's why you bought dinner! Oh dear, you should have told me earlier, I would have bought more steamed buns for breakfast tomorrow!"

Gu Bin kept looking back, regretting that they had gone too far, otherwise they would have gone back to buy some more!

Xie Yan rolled his eyes speechlessly. Where did this aloof young master come from? "Big brother! Look at the weather now, it's so hot. Your steamed buns will be sour by tomorrow morning. Perfectly good meat buns, ruined. Are you not going to eat them or not?"

Gu Bin chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, I almost forgot about that, but thanks to you! Brother Xie, I accept your call of 'big brother,' you're now my half-brother!"

After saying that, he ran up and put his arm around Xie Yan's shoulder!

Xie Yan quickly pushed him away, saying, "Stay away from me! In this hot weather, I'm already sweating just walking on the street, and you're still coming closer to me like a furnace. Don't you feel the heat?"

"Also, did you really not understand what I meant by calling him 'big brother'? I was just expressing my speechlessness!"

Gu Bin wasn't angry at all, and said with a grin, "Anyway, I didn't recognize it. I only heard you call me 'big brother'!"

Xie Yan was furious! She hated this kind of person the most. You get angry with him, and he smiles at you. You're so angry you're practically dying. "Let me tell you! If you try to take advantage of me again, I might hit you!"

Gu Bin shook his head dramatically and said, "What a cold-hearted man!"

Xie Yan raised an eyebrow. "Oh! So you're not a man anymore!" With that, he turned and ran.

Gu Bin was furious! He chased after Xie Yan, cursing as he went, "Xie Yan, you bastard, you stop right there! I'll break your legs!"

Will Xie Yan give him a chance to catch up with her? Of course not!

That means it gets faster and faster as it runs!

When the two of them arrived at the supply depot, they were both covered in sweat. They rested at the entrance for a while until they were less out of breath before going inside!

The supply stores of this era had a fairly complete selection of goods, but the sales clerks just did their own thing and ignored the customers!

Although the sarcastic shop assistants that the female protagonist in the novel often encountered didn't appear, these sales assistants were indeed difficult to talk to.

So Xie Yan looked through all the items she wanted to buy, made sure she knew what they were all available, and then told the salesperson what she wanted, asking her to bring it all over at once.

This avoids the salesperson running around and giving you a hard time!

Xie Yan and Gu Bin shopped separately. They had decided what they would each buy beforehand and then met at the entrance after they finished shopping.

Xie Yan arrived at the door first, put her things down at her feet, and waited for Gu Bin while admiring the scenery outside.

It was a very hot day outside, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the street. Rows of low houses stood there with their doors and windows tightly closed, clearly indicating that no one was home!

A short while later, Gu Bin returned carrying a large bag. The two checked the items they should have bought and found that nothing had been forgotten.

Each of them bought an ice pop, ate and drank the ice pop, and happily headed home!

It takes more than two hours to walk from the commune to Xiliu Village, and that's for people who are used to walking mountain roads. If it were Xie Yan or Gu Bin, it would take them four hours!

They rested when they were tired, and only started walking again after they had rested enough!

The round trip takes eight hours, and almost the entire day is spent walking over mountains and valleys!

At this moment, Xie Yan couldn't help but miss the convenient transportation of her previous life. If only she had a car or a motorcycle, wouldn't it be much faster to ride one?

Back home, Gu Bin, still skeptical, went to check the food left for them and gasped in shock! It was just vegetable soup, literally soup. Gu Bin's first impression was that someone had cooked a dish meant for a cold salad and then forgot to take the vegetables out!

Xie Yan glanced at the door twice and then turned and walked into his room. He didn't want to look at the soup a second time!

Gu Bin, refusing to believe it, took another sip, then painfully closed his eyes. He felt like vomiting! How could something taste so awful?! Not only did it have no flavor, but it also had a rotten smell! Suddenly, a thought struck him—he knew what it was: the smell of dishwater!

Help! Why was he so curious?! I want to slap myself for what I just did!

He personally proved that the saying "curiosity killed the cat" is absolutely true!

Just as Gu Bin was staring at the bowl of vegetable soup, questioning his existence, a male educated youth came into the kitchen. He smiled at Gu Bin and said, "You must be the new educated youth comrade! Yesterday was too chaotic, and we didn't even have a chance to get to know each other. By the way, my name is Song Jianshe, and you are?"

Gu Bin put down the bowl in his hand, shook hands with the other person, and said, "Hello, Song, my name is Gu Bin. I'm a new educated youth. Please take care of me in the future!"

Song Jianshe waved his hand with a smile, "What's there to take care of! We're all family here now, so let's look after each other!"

Gu Bin nodded with a smile.

Just as Gu Bin was about to leave after bypassing Song Jianshe, Song Jianshe called out to him from the doorway, "Gu Zhiqing, are you still going to eat?"

Gu Bin thought to himself, "Is that food?" But he turned around and smiled apologetically, "Look at me, I forgot to tell you. I made you leave food for me. It's just that Xie Yan and I walk too slowly. Walking is very tiring and makes us hungry very easily. We were starving on the way to the commune, so we bought some flatbread on the way back and ate it. We can't eat anymore now."

Hearing this, Song Jianshe was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Ah! So neither you nor Xie Zhiqing are eating?"

Gu Bin is a shrewd person! He instantly understood Song Jianshe's plan and said with a smile, "Yes! We won't eat. If you want to eat, you can have both! But the condition is that you have to wash the bowls clean after you finish!"

Song Jianshe immediately smiled broadly, "Don't worry about that, I guarantee I'll wash you and the other educated youth thoroughly!"

Gu Bin ignored Song Jianshe and went straight back to their dormitory.